There’s been a lot of local hand-wringing over this game… but I’m feeling confident about the Eagles in this one. I think the New York media has underestimated the strength of our revamped offensive line. I don’t think they appreciate the revitalized defensive line of the Eagles, either…although DE’s Juqua Parker (ankle) and Darryl Tapp (pec muscle) are out of action for this one…
LINE: Eagles by 7 1/2 at Home
TV: FOX 1 p.m. EST (Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, Tony Siragusa).
It’s time to let go of the anxiety and watch it all play out at the Linc. Today we find out a lot about this team of ours.
And it’s a no-fly zone for media-slaves, dolts, nimrods and dipthongs… the commentary instead will be provided below by the smartest Eagles fans in the known blogosphere…
It looks like Michael Vick will play after suffering a borderline concussion in Atlanta, with Mike Kafka in the wings… Mario Manningham won’t be cleared to play after his concussion, and with Domenik Hixon out for the year, the Giants are short at WR, with just-signed Brandon Stokley most likely getting the start. TE Travis Beckum could be activated this week. DE Osi Umenyiora is out. LB Jonathan Goff is out. CB Terrell Thomas is out… I’m still waiting on the complete inactive players list and will update that as it comes in…
FEATURE MATCHUP:
RB’s Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs vs. MLB Jamar Chaney and the Eagle LBs
“SCOUT.com” says:
“The Giants are going to be bringing a corner or safety often against Vick and leave one safety deep. That’s what they did last year (Antrel Rolle, especially) when Vick completed just over 40% of his passes (13-of-31) against the blitz. They just can’t afford to sit back in zone coverage. But that’s also playing with fire because it just takes one shot downfield. Eli (Manning) has to be both smart and patient and take the underneath stuff, attacking the Eagle backers, then safeties. He could sure use something out of his tight ends. They’ll also have to account for (DE) Trent Cole and his wide sets. He’s been a beast so far.”
It’s a home opener and a new day… Let the esteemed members of the Bored take over now on Livefyre… and I will prepare my armchair to allow me to face the TV and the laptop at the same time… I don’t want to miss a thing in this one. I’ll see you at kickoff…
LEO’s LINE….. by Leo Pizzini
Ok…
Week 1 was 10-5… kinda average…
Week 2 was 8-8… turrible… I thought it was gonna be a tough week and I took the wrong chances… still… I was 8-8 against the spread… and 9-7 against the over under.. so you still could have made some money with me… I’m gonna play this week a little safer… its an easier week… let’s see if I can do better:
CIN 17 . SF 24
NE 35 . BUF 17
NO 31 . HOU 33
PHI 35 . NYG 20
CLE 21 . MIA 23
TEN 21 . DEN 20
DET 27 . MIN 7
CAR 28 . JAC 16
SD 33 . KC 6
NYJ 23 . OAK 17
BAL 24 . STL 13
TB 24 . ATL 27
ARI 27 . SEA 14
GB 24 . CHI 16
PIT 27 . IND 3
WAS 24 . DAL 20
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